Indonesia to import meat from Australia, India, Mexico to meet Ramadan demand
Photo: Unidentified local beef trader slicing beef for sale at Tanjung Traditional Market in March 2016. Robby Fakhriannur / Shutterstock, Inc.
Indonesia’s government will import meat from Australia, India, and Mexico to meet the rise in domestic consumption during Ramadan, Oke Nurwan, director general of foreign trade at the trade ministry told Salaam Gateway.
“During the fasting month, consumption of meat usually rises by 15 percent from the average 50,414 tonnes of meat consumed per month,” said Nurwan.
“We will import 36,000 tonnes of buffalo meat from India, and the rest are meat from Australia and Mexico. Last week our importers met with traders from Mexico. We’re not limiting importers (by the quota schemes), as long as they meet the requirement under the ministry of trade regulation 59/ 2016,” he added.
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